jpad - my homemade input sip for omnia1,2

[Guest ji3m]

I wrote this SIP software a couple of years ago and hasve been using it since- It should work and any WQVGA or WVGA winmo device but supports haptics on the Omnias.

The alpha layout is fully customizable- put the letters where you want them and save the layout. (4 layouts can be saved)

There are pop-up panels for special characters and navigation.

Slide functions:

slide-off-right -> inserts space

slide-off-left-> backspace/delete

slide-off-up on alpha key gives opposite case

Full Navigation/Edit on numeric panel

Controllable haptics

Weaknesses-

It is basic english only (no accent keys)

It does not work in landscape mode

View the slide show in the zip file to get the full picture- then try it.

It should be installed in device memory- about 60 bytes for the layout files in \program files\jmkcosip

The main dll goes to \windows

Oddities- text prediction sometimes works on emulator, never on real device- I don't know how to control this.

jmkcoSip.zip

[Guest wfecng]

looks very good, i want give it a try. thanks

[Guest 20x]

I wish it could be qwerty, but certainly I will try it!

[Guest ji3m]

I wish it could be qwerty, but certainly I will try it!

QWERTY is good for two hands and 10 fingers. Honestly, try searching wikipedia for layouts tuned to single finger- trust me, you'll find it quicker. You can easily learn a new layout and you will enjoy the fact that the next letter you want is very close for most words. The ABCDEF... layout I show is just the initial default and not really useful.

There is also a 6-wide qwerty layout i included. The problem with full QWERTY is it requires at least 10 keys across so keys need to be very small- not really suitable for finger-friendly unless it's in landscape mode.

The Swype keyboard on omnia 2 is cute but requires blind typing since you cant see what you are touching- probably ok for touch typists (not me).

Anyhow, let me know if you need accents- I might be able to add them as pop-ups for the vowels or maybe a whole new panel.

BTW: there are 26 factorial layouts for the 26 letters . This is about 4x10^26 or 400 times as many stars in the entire universe. Most are lousy.

Edited September 29, 2010 by ji3m

[Guest 20x]

QWERTY is good for two hands and 10 fingers. Honestly, try searching wikipedia for layouts tuned to single finger- trust me, you'll find it quicker. You can easily learn a new layout and you will enjoy the fact that the next letter you want is very close for most words. The ABCDEF... layout I show is just the initial default and not really useful.

There is also a 6-wide qwerty layout i included. The problem with full QWERTY is it requires at least 10 keys across so keys need to be very small- not really suitable for finger-friendly unless it's in landscape mode.

The Swype keyboard on omnia 2 is cute but requires blind typing since you cant see what you are touching- probably ok for touch typists (not me).

Anyhow, let me know if you need accents- I might be able to add them as pop-ups for the vowels or maybe a whole new panel.

BTW: there are 26 factorial layouts for the 26 letters . This is about 4x10^26 or 400 times as many stars in the entire universe. Most are lousy.

Thanks, atm I am already trying to learn the new layout! Will be good if I adjust it well.